Businesses that share Trump name, including one in Kansas, get swept up in...
NEW YORK — It’s not easy being Trump these days. Just ask the people at Trump Tobacco in California, Trump Travel in New York, Trump Memorials in Nebraska and Trump Chiropractic & Acupuncture in...
View ArticleHusband of woman shot at Overland Park Jewish site sues gun sellers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The husband of one of the three people killed by a white supremacist at two Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City has sued over the sale of the shotguns used in the April 2014...
View ArticleKansas serial arsonist gets another three-plus years in prison
HUTCHINSON — A man serving almost six years in prison for setting fires to a vacant Salina motel has been sentenced in another case.The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/1UYx4H5 ) reports that Dustin...
View ArticleWichita police lieutenant accused of fraud over part-time job
WICHITA — A Wichita police lieutenant is charged in federal court with making fraudulent reports so she would be paid for working a part-time job while on duty.Forty-year-old Heather D. Bachman faces...
View ArticleOil price drop could mean fewer Saudi Arabian students at Wichita State
WICHITA — A sharp drop in oil prices could mean fewer students from Saudi Arabia will be attending Wichita State University, which would mean a loss of millions of dollars in revenue, university...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court to consider for the first time whether right to abortion...
With six simple words Monday, the Kansas Supreme Court agreed to consider the most divisive question before it in recent years: whether the Kansas Constitution guarantees the right to an...
View ArticleOak leaf itch mites that survived winter bite again in Wichita area
WICHITA — Some oak leaf itch mites that fell from trees and bit people in the Wichita area last fall have stayed alive over the mild winter and are biting again.Sedgwick County Extension Education...
View ArticleMounting number of victims in Leavenworth VA hospital sex abuse scandal
WICHITA — A former physician assistant is accused of using his position to commit sexual battery and other crimes against at least seven patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Kansas, and a lawyer...
View ArticleKansas officials advance permit request to reopen The Woodlands racetrack
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Local officials are recommending approval with multiple conditions for a request to allow a Kansas City, Kansas, business to reopen as a racetrack, electronic gambling venue and...
View ArticleKansas Department of Health and Environment has no full-time large-scale...
WICHITA — Millions of cattle and hogs fatten up at Kansas’ more than 1,750 large-scale livestock feedlots, yet the state regulatory agency entrusted with overseeing those confined feeding operations...
View ArticleCapitol Hill Buzz: Rep. Mike Pompeo, other Republicans want answers on visit...
WASHINGTON — Stop us if you’ve heard this one. Three guys walk into ... the Iranian Interests Section in Washington, D.C.They’re Republican congressmen and they did actually march into the office that...
View ArticleManhattan couple killed in two-vehicle crash in Geary County, other driver a...
A Manhattan couple was killed in a two-vehicle crash April 7 in Geary County.Ronald Montgomery, 81, and Marlene Montgomery, 78, were exiting Interstate 70, about a mile east of Marshall Airfield,...
View ArticleFormer Kansas City lawyer pleads guilty to stealing more than $1.2M from St....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former Kansas City attorney has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1.2 million from St. Luke’s Health System.Federal prosecutors say Alan B. Gallas entered the plea Tuesday to...
View ArticleKansas congressional delegation pushes for national Kelsey Smith Act
Wearing a black blazer adorned with a pin of her late daughter’s face, Missey Smith spoke confidently Wednesday, her voice quivering at times, as she explained the circumstances of Kelsey Smith’s...
View ArticleHutchinson man pleads guilty in jail beating that forced man to be...
HUTCHINSON — A Kansas jail inmate has pleaded guilty to beating another inmate so severely that the victim had to be flown to a hospital.The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/23v90R2 ) reports that...
View ArticleLarned state mental hospital in western Kansas gets interim superintendent
Kansas has hired a consultant who specializes in temporary hospital management assignments to serve as the interim superintendent of the state mental hospital in Larned.The Department on Aging and...
View ArticleLaws decried as LGBT discrimination proposed across country, including Kansas
Legislation has been proposed in states across the country to protect those who — due to religious beliefs — decline to employ or serve certain people. Critics say the laws are aimed at the LGBT...
View ArticleSalina police say woman and 2 children who were reported missing March 31...
SALINA — Salina police say a mother and her two children who were reported missing March 31 have been found safe.Rebecka Lorentsen and her two children, ages 15 and 7, had not been seen since leaving...
View ArticleLegal fight over Sedgwick County Zoo's new elephants ends
WICHITA — A legal fight has ended over the Sedgwick County Zoo’s new African elephants.Animal-rights group Friends of Animals dropped its lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for...
View ArticleOwner of electric company found dead in water well in Arkansas City; cause...
ARKANSAS CITY — The owner of an electric company was found dead in a water well near Arkansas City.The Arkansas City Traveler reports (http://bit.ly/260fm9Q ) 46-year-old Jim Graham’s body was found in...
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